IT’S SQUASH TIME. Eating seasonally is a fairly simple and brilliantly tasty way of maintaining some connection with the natural world when reluctantly living in the city and hopping from the central heating of home to the oppressive heat of public transport to the air con of the artificially lit […]
Tag: healthy
Blackberry and pistachio kefir cake
This recipe was developed with samples from Little Bird Kefir. Following my fermentation fail back in February, I’ve been pretty reluctant to have another go. No-one wants to experience that foul smell twice. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to eat fermented foods done properly by somebody else. Lots […]
Peanut butter & marmalade cookies
I made marmalade! Of course, the perfect way to enjoy marmalade is spread on hot buttered toast. Unfortunately, I have neither the metabolism nor the time to eat hot buttered toast every morning so here’s a (slightly) healthier way of getting your marmalade fix. Make a batch of these gluten free […]
Chia seed pudding (and some creeping green concerns)
Chia seeds are pretty ubiquitous now and I like them as much as the next London-based food blogger. When a friend told me I was ‘glowing’ I put it down to the chia seeds I had been consuming a copious quantity of at the time, and since then, they’ve become something of […]
Sweet potato-topped shepherd’s pie
The evenings are beginning to draw in and it’s time for home comforts (first my apple and walnut oat crumble, now this – I think there might be a chillier weather theme developing here. I’m not complaining). I have fond memories of cottage pies bubbling away in the oven, served up […]